France to Possibly Introduce Warning Labels for Airbrushed Photographs

Back in April you might recall that we’d posted about the French edition of Elle publishing an issue of the magazine featuring stars and models with no makeup and no Photoshopping. A stunt for sure, though not nearly as bad as those awful, pandering Dove ads. While it seemed like just a one-off, it apparently had an effect on the consciousness of the French populace, as a potential law has been introduced that would require printed warnings over photographs that had been digitally manipulated to alter/slim a person’s body.

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